Paul Williams wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 PW> Hi Roy J. Tellason, hope you are having a nice day

PW>> No need to do that. They make solidstate drives that plug right
PW>>into a scsi or ide cable and have battery backup.
PW>> More for `industrial' computers but still they're out there. 
RJT>I'll bet they're *expensive*,  too...

 PW>  Depends on how you define expensive. From a size/cost standpoint
 PW> compared to hd's these days it can be, but compared to other
 PW> industrial components it's not that bad.

 PW>  A sshd (solid state hard drive) w/ a 540meg capacity would run you
 PW> abt $300, where as you can get a 180gig regular hd for half that.

That price being somewhat lower than what I'm seeing around here,  *where*
can I get a 180G for around $150???  That'd get me around half that in what
I've encountered so far.

 PW>  It depends on what you're doing and what kind of conditions your 
 PW> system is going to have to work under. A sshd isn't going to be 
 PW> hurt working underwater or in a vacuum, where as those conditions
 PW> will kill a regular one. The same thing goes for excessive
 PW> vibration or g forces.

Yep.

Well,  I guess I hadn't really thought about sticking it in the back of my
truck...    :-)

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